{"id":2299457,"date":"2024-07-18T13:53:02","date_gmt":"2024-07-18T17:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senators-confront-secret-service-chief-at-rnc\/"},"modified":"2024-07-18T13:56:12","modified_gmt":"2024-07-18T17:56:12","slug":"senators-question-secret-service-chief-at-rnc-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senators-question-secret-service-chief-at-rnc-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Senators question Secret Service Chief at RNC"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">14<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fsenators-question-secret-service-chief-at-rnc-5%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2299457&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A \u2063group of senators confronted Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle at the Republican National Convention, demanding answers after former President Donald Trump was shot at a rally. Despite calls for her \u2062resignation, Cheatle refused to step down and will testify before the House Oversight \u200cCommittee.\u2062 The\u2062 senators criticized her for a security failure and blamed local law\u2062 enforcement for allowing the\u2063 gunman\u2064 to \u2064attack. Cheatle defended\u200d herself by stating that the Secret\u2062 Service was responsible\u2063 for the inner perimeter security,\u200d while local police\u200c were in charge \u200bof the \u2063outer perimeter. The federal agency faced \u2062criticism for not acting on information about the shooter&#8217;s presence before the attack.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A group of senators surrounded Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle at the Republican National Convention (RNC) on Wednesday demanding answers as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senators-question-secret-service-chief-at-rnc\/\" title=\"Senators question Secret Service Chief at RNC\">agency chief refuses<\/a> to resign after former President Donald Trump was shot last weekend. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This was an assassination attempt! You owe the people answers. You owe President Trump answers!&rdquo; said Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., as Cheatle walked away from the cadre of lawmakers lodging questions.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s stonewalling!&rdquo; said Sen. John Barrasso, the No. 3 Republican in the upper chamber.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<div lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Multiple Senators confront, demand answers and then chase down Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle in Milwaukee at the RNC.<\/p>\n<p>Video was shared by Senator Marsha Blackburn.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZWZ4bBJ45U\">pic.twitter.com\/ZWZ4bBJ45U<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&mdash; Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CitizenFreePres\/status\/1813765346182168741?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 18, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>Barrasso and Blackburn were joined by Sens. James Lankford of Oklahoma and Kevin Kramer of North Dakota in confronting the embattled Secret Service chief, who is scheduled to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/trump-shooting-secret-service-director-agrees-to-testify-house-oversight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">testify<\/a> before the House Oversight Committee on Monday. Lawmakers on the House Homeland Security Committee also extended an <a href=\"https:\/\/homeland.house.gov\/2024\/07\/16\/chairman-green-demands-public-testimony-from-dhs-secretary-mayorkas-fbi-director-wray-usss-director-cheatle-next-week\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">invitation<\/a> for Cheatle, the FBI director, and the secretary of Homeland Security to testify.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">You know those scenes in the movies where the mobster who knows he&rsquo;s in deep trouble is desperately trying to prove to the boss that he&rsquo;s not a rat? That&rsquo;s what&rsquo;s happening with Cheatle right here. She&rsquo;s performing for the mob boss. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lRsPrRU0R3\">https:\/\/t.co\/lRsPrRU0R3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Sean Davis (@seanmdav) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/seanmdav\/status\/1813759188025348316?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 18, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;It is appalling that the Secret Service Director refused to answer our questions. This is one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senators-question-secret-service-chief-at-rnc-2\/\" title=\"Senators question Secret Service Chief at RNC\">greatest security failures<\/a> in the history of the agency. She can run but she cannot hide. She is a failed leader and she needs to immediately step down from her position,&rdquo; Blackburn said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2024\/07\/17\/us-news\/senators-confront-secret-service-director-kimberly-cheatle-at-rnc-you-owe-the-people-answers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">statement<\/a> following the altercation.<\/p>\n<p>The Republican presidential nominee narrowly escaped assassination at a Pennsylvania rally Saturday after a split-second tilt of the head led the bullet through his right ear instead of the back of his brain. <\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This computer model of Trump turning his head at the last instant before the bullet would have killed him is unbelievable to watch: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uAlZoeO8C3\">pic.twitter.com\/uAlZoeO8C3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Clay Travis (@ClayTravis) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClayTravis\/status\/1813325265776623809?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 16, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>&ldquo;I do plan to stay on,&rdquo; the Secret Service director <a href=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/policy\/national-security\/4776617-secret-service-director-assassination-attempt-roof\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">said<\/a> in an interview with ABC News just two days after the assassination attempt.<\/p>\n<p>Cheatle went on to blame <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/president-trump-pledges-orderly-transition-of-power\/\" title=\"President Trump pledges orderly transition of power\">local law enforcement<\/a> for the security failures culminating in a gunman successfully climbing the roof of a nearby building to fire multiple shots, <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/07\/15\/late-trump-rallygoer-was-a-real-life-superhero-who-took-a-bullet-to-protect-his-family\/\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">killing<\/a> one rallygoer and injuring two others, in addition to the former president.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In this particular instance, we did share support for that particular site and that the Secret Service was responsible for the inner perimeter,&rdquo; Cheatle said. &ldquo;And then we sought assistance from our local counterparts for the outer perimeter. There was local police in that building &mdash; there was local police in the area that were responsible for the outer perimeter of the building.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The federal agency, however, is ultimately responsible for orchestrating security, which includes risk assessments of long-range shooters and instructions for local law enforcement who <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senators-question-secret-service-chief-at-rnc-3\/\" title=\"Senators question Secret Service Chief at RNC\">offer event assistance<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Three counter-snipers were&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/07\/16\/report-three-counter-snipers-were-in-building-trump-shooter-used-took-photos-of-him\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">stationed<\/a> in the building underneath the roof from which the gunman fired on Saturday.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpxi.com\/news\/local\/alleged-trump-shooter-spotted-by-law-enforcement-nearly-30-minutes-before-shots-fired-sources-say\/Q6GIK5RP6RBY5PHIMYBNXRTEBI\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">According<\/a>&nbsp;to Channel 11 News, a local Pennsylvania outlet, law enforcement had spotted the shooter nearly a half hour before Trump was hit. NBC News&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/donald-trump\/trump-rally-shooting-secret-service-identified-rooftop-security-flaw-rcna161783\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">reported<\/a>&nbsp;the Secret Service was even made aware of the unique threat presented by the building &ldquo;days&rdquo; before the rally, and yet Cheatle said the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/secret-service-scandal-follows-years-of-failures\/\" title=\"Secret Service Scandal Follows Years of Failures\">reason law enforcement<\/a> did not secure the rooftop was because it was &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/07\/16\/secret-service-director-we-didnt-put-snipers-on-the-roof-because-it-was-kind-of-sloped\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">sloped<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong>[RELATED:&nbsp;[RELATED:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/07\/17\/any-roofer-worth-his-salt-knows-secret-services-sloped-roof-excuse-is-total-nonsense\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Any Roofer Worth His Salt Knows Secret Service&rsquo;s &lsquo;Sloped&rsquo; Roof Excuse Is Total Nonsense<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cheatle reiterated she would continue to serve in the high-stakes role following her engagement with senators at the RNC. Her office explained in a statement the &ldquo;continuity of operations is paramount during a critical incident and U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle has no intentions to step down.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p><span><\/p>\n<blockquote data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Statement from Secret Service on Senators demanding questions from Director CHEATLE at RNC &mdash; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/hOgEfnElLm\">pic.twitter.com\/hOgEfnElLm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Aishah Hasnie (@aishahhasnie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aishahhasnie\/status\/1813810412917571596?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 18, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><\/span> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<hr>\n<p>      Tristan Justice is the western correspondent for The Federalist and the author of Social Justice Redux, a conservative newsletter on culture, health, and wellness. He has also written for The Washington Examiner and The Daily Signal. His work has also been featured in Real Clear Politics and Fox News. Tristan graduated from George Washington University where he majored in political science and minored in journalism. Follow him on Twitter at @JusticeTristan or contact him at Tristan@thefederalist.com. Sign up for Tristan&#8217;s email newsletter <a href=\"https:\/\/socialjusticeredux.substack.com\/about\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A group of senators confronted Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle at the Republican National Convention, demanding answers after former President Donald Trump was shot. Senators Marsha Blackburn, John Barrasso, James Lankford, and Kevin Kramer questioned Cheatle, who refused to resign. Cheatle blamed local law enforcement for security failures during the assassination attempt. 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